Bank of England approves ClearToken CSD to run digital depository

# Bank of England approves ClearToken CSD to run digital depository

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent payments trade media report
> Source: [The Paypers](https://thepaypers.com/fraud-and-fincrime/news/bank-of-england-approves-cleartoken-csd-to-run-digital-depository)
> Published: 2026-09-25
> Captured: 2026-09-27T01:40:25.671Z

## Source summary

The Paypers reports that the Bank of England approved ClearToken CSD to operate a Digital Securities Depository in Gate 2 of the UK Digital Securities Sandbox, allowing issuance and settlement of tokenized existing securities within set limits. ClearToken says its initial asset scope includes FTSE 350 equities, UK government debt and corporate bonds. The article describes 24/7 settlement and intraday repo as intended capabilities, not measured operating outcomes.

## Why it matters

The approval is a regulatory milestone for tokenized-securities settlement and collateral operations in the UK. It is not yet evidence of an active cross-border cash rail; the article attributes the expected 24/7 and financing benefits to the company.

## Key numbers

No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Payment infrastructure
- Entities: ClearToken / Bank of England
- Payment infrastructure
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

The Paypers is independent specialist trade media. Its report distinguishes the Bank of England sandbox approval from ClearToken’s claims about initial scope and 24/7 benefits; the automated extraction retained only a partial excerpt, so this entry is not marked as fully extracted.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-09-25T06:46:10+00:00

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original The Paypers report](https://thepaypers.com/fraud-and-fincrime/news/bank-of-england-approves-cleartoken-csd-to-run-digital-depository)

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